Kyakhta frontier in the 18th-21st сenturies: the experience of the ancestors’ breakthrough

The town of Kyakhta and Kyakhta District are known for their unique geographic location on the way of the economic corridor connecting the countries of Asia with Russia and further to the west. In the article we gave an expert assessment of the development of Kyakhta frontier in the tsarist, Soviet and modern periods, and concluded that its future development without external stimulating factors has no prospects. China - Mongolia - Russia - Europe Economic Corridor could become such a trigger. The ideas for its development are particularly relevant at the interstate level. The article proposes a set of measures, which could give a chance for embedding local businesses in the trade chains of the economic corridor.